THE LITTLE SHUL ON THE PRAIRIE IS STILL FUNCTIONAL BUT MY POSITION AS SPIRITUAL LAY-LEADER IS NOT

LAST SHABBAT, WAS MY LAST OFFICIAL TIME LEADING SERVICES FOR OUR LITTLE SHUL ON THE PRAIRIE.  IT WAS RATHER BITTER SWEET.  I AM IN JERUSALEM NOW, LIVING HERE WITH CHARLIE, AND I'VE BEEN LEADING SHABBAT SERVICES FROM HERE WHEN IT IS ALMOST TIME FOR HAVDALLAH!  WORKING WITH DANIEL NEIDEN SINCE MARCH AND THE BEGINNING OF OUR SOCIAL ISOLATION OF THE SHUL DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS HAS BEEN A SHEER PLEASURE.  AT THE LAST SERVICE, DANIEL AND I BID OUR OFFICIAL FAREWELLS TO THE ASSEMBLED ON ZOOM GROUP AND HEARD FRIENDS OF TIFERETH ISRAEL EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION OF THE TIMES WE HAVE SPENT TOGETHER.

RABBI FELCH IS DUE TO TAKE OVER TOMORROW (9/1/2020) VIRTUALLY AT FIRST AND EVENTUALLY IN PERSON.  I WISH HIM ONLY THE BEST AS HE BEGINS HIS JOURNEY AS TIFERETH ISRAEL'S NEW RABBI.  I BELIEVE HE WILL LEARN QUITE QUICKLY THAT THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE OUR LITTLE SHUL ON THE PRAIRIE...WE HAVE DEVELOPED QUITE A CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY, A CARING ATMOSPHERE, AND A SAFE HAVEN FOR ALL.